We have arrived at our destination, having had many learnings along this wondrous and expanding journey. The final episode of 'Where the needle lands', an Idiro Analytics podcast series, asks you our listener, "Where does your needle land now that you are more informed and thought provoked by our guests who are industry leading lights?" Having achieved the #1 spot often was worthy of back clapping but the real triumph and satisfaction came in the form of observing listeners opening up to a...

Padraic White, former MD of IDA Ireland, the agency dealing with foreign direct investment, speaks with us colourfully on the hows and the whys of the global tax reform, the new corporate tax regime and how Ireland played a leading and pivotal role in securing the alignment of the 139 OECD countries to support a global 15% corporate tax rate. The evolution of Ireland's low corp tax regime is covered by giving a social historical account of a 1950s Ireland at 0% to 12.5% nearly 70 years on,...

In today's episode, we are speaking with John Walsh, CTO of Fujitsu Ireland, where they promote a Human Centric Intelligent Society, meaning the key emphasis being that people are placed first and then the technology design. We learn how the Japanese company has its particular approach to doing business. John also talks of how an optimised integration approach is the force that enables tech companies to leverage what is already available and possibly avoid needless large capital investment....

Jason Ward shares his views on how cognitive diversity spawns from avoiding echo chambers filled with yes people, netting broader, deeper innovation and creativity. Concerning sales efforts, Jason straddles effortlessly between SMEs and enterprise organisations when selling into them. Added to that, the value of channel partners and the verticalization of customers to truly understand what the customer does. The Dell Ireland brand with its own unique fortes, ensures its rightful...

Openet became the largest indigenous Irish software company.... Part 1 of 2 - Niall Norton has had an awe-inspiring career to date, from management in Deloitte, CFO of 02 Ireland, CFO and CEO of Openet, with numerous accolades and awards that acknowledge his accomplishments as a true captain of industry. While Niall does complexity very well, he rounds off discussion humorously, so his nuggets of facts and information transcend easily from this very self aware man. Covered in part 1; Niall’s...

Openet became the largest indigenous Irish software company.... Part 2 of 2 - where we continue discussion with Niall Norton and discover the star role Openet played on American Idol and Love Island. Niall shares skills used when dealing with shareholders during times of titanic change in a company, while keeping many plates in the air, including being innovative while remaining focused on the customers needs in the moment. Condensing 3 years into 30 seconds - tips on the fine art of...

This episode will bring you on the whistle stop tour of this CEO’s career to date, while nailing exactly what 'Digital transformation' is about, by exploring; digitisation, digitalisation and digital transformation. Gary’s engaging and educator-like journey spans from how the use of data brings more value, be it to universities, infrastructure, all the way to 'mobility-as-a-service'. COVID dispersion necessitates additional considerations and we discuss hidden diversity, unconscious bias and...

This episode will bring you on the whistle stop tour of this CEO’s career to date, while nailing exactly what 'Digital transformation' is about, by exploring; digitisation, digitalisation and digital transformation. Gary’s engaging and educator-like journey spans from how the use of data brings more value, be it to universities, infrastructure, all the way to 'mobility-as-a-service'. COVID dispersion necessitates additional considerations and we discuss hidden diversity, unconscious bias and...

‘Gallagher’s Boxty House’ owner, restaurateur, brewer, former Restaurant Association President Pádraic Óg Gallagher bring Geraldine and Mahima through the changes of his beloved restaurant industry and the many challenges already overcome. Pre-covid,...

‘Gallagher’s Boxty House’ owner, restaurateur, brewer, former Restaurant Association President Pádraic Óg Gallagher bring Geraldine and Mahima through the changes of his beloved restaurant industry and the many challenges already overcome. Pre-covid, restaurants were facing decreasing margins, increasing regulations and escalating costs of doing business. What now after lock-down? Plus what post-Covid restaurants will look like and the profile of the new dining set? Are cloud kitchens, with...

To Geraldine's mind, Huawei is enabling a nation wide advanced digital infrastructure, ushering a new era with the rollout of 5G in Ireland. She claims that this is good news for Irish businesses, FDI and greater society, as it lends to a better lifestyle quality . She challenges the widely held claims that the Chinese government is using Huawei technology to spy on users in countries where citizens have access to Huawei's 5G and questions the movtives behind the ones that have banned the use...

In the midst of a very successful career as a top Irish executive in one of the worlds largest financial services firms Fidelity Investments, this episode with Lorna Martyn promises to prompt many professional men, women and other into questioning their possible stale stance on how the world of work works. Lorna tells it like it is, but also on how it could and should be when it comes to how we relate to people at all levels. The nuggets of wisdom flowing endlessly from Lorna regarding tips...

Data Debates E2- FACEBOOK/WHATSAPP - WHAT DO THEY REALLY NEED ACCESS TO ALL OF YOUR DATA FOR? WHAT'S GOING ON! For this week's episode, Mahima and Aidan Connolly, CEO of Idiro Analytics discuss the request by the Irish Data Commission to Facebook regarding keeping the data for European citizens in Europe. Along with presenting both for and against arguments, Mahima and Aidan also discuss the future of data privacy. Aidan presents future scenarios where data transferability and 'portability'...

To Geraldine's mind, Google is playing Government God with their supposed positive higher education intervention and their implied societal contribution. She refutes Google’s claim that their 6 month programs are akin to college degrees. Mahima on the other hand vouches for Google’s certification program and hails their efforts for making higher education amenable and accessible to all. Hosts: Geraldine Magnier & Mahima Badsra iTunes: https://lnkd.in/eme6kyY  Twitter:...

In this month's episode, Geraldine and Mahima talk with Pat McCann, CEO of Dalata Group Hotels (Maldron & Clayton Hotels) and the current President of IBEC (Irish Business and Employers Confederation). Pat discusses the future of the hospitality and hotel industry and what travel may look like for 2021 and the 'StaySafe Hotels' programme for our future hotel experiences. We also discuss how Airbnb is impacting the hotel industry and vice versa. Last, but not least, we talk about COVID-19...

Geraldine and Mahima talk with Aidan Connolly founder and CEO of Idiro Analytics and Fin Murphy founder and CEO of TheStartup.com about advanced analytics in customer experience, the analysis of the customer journey and who is really driving this journey, brands or consumers? Aidan developed 'Intervention Vault' for Vodafone 20 years ago, enabling customer service agents to retain or prevent churn with 'Next Best Activity' (NBA), a platform for the ultimate positive CRM system. Aidan went on...

Geraldine and Mahima talk with Dr. Joan Cahill, Research Fellow at the Centre for Innovative Human Systems (CIHS), Trinity College Dublin. Joan has worked on many high-profile academic and industry collaborated projects, and received the Societal Impact Award 2019. Joan understands the impact of Human and Machine Interaction (HMI); How the services in our hospitals may hit the mark for better operational efficiency but what about the client/patient experience?; The gig economy, whose gig is...

Geraldine and Mahima talk with Padraic White Entrepreneur and former CEO of IDA Ireland, about how Ireland got ahead of the curve with FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) as some of today's leading Irish-based multinationals such as Intel Corporation, Microsoft, IBM and the launch of the IFSC were IDA victories for Ireland by using and analysing data nearly four decades ago, leading us to where we are now with the strong reputation of Ireland being the 'Silicon valley' of Europe. Update: We are...

WHERE THE NEEDLE LANDS is a podcast series on Analytics and the Business of Analytics, covering the broad spectrum from BI to AI, including derived customer value. Our podcast questions how analytics transforms companies, economies, nations, and societies. A co-hosted show by Geraldine Magnier and Mahima Badsra, where we speak with powerful, worthy, and influential leaders from all spheres of life. Host: Mahima Badsra ([email protected]), Serving on the Council of Technology Ireland,...